Introduction
Descriptive text is one of functional texts in English learning. In this webquest, it will explain about descriptive text clearly. The purpose of descriptive text is to describe someone or something. But this webquest will focus on how to describe something. After you learn this webquest, you will be able to write your own descriptive text briefly.
Task
Before you do the tasks, you should read the material of descriptive text.
Task 1 : Vocabulary Builder
1. Open this
2. Underline the adjectives and write the meaning based on the dictionary
Task 2 : Describe a place
1. Open this
2. Write 5 sentences (min.) about what things in the image
Task 3 : Create a Descriptive Text
1. Open this
2. Write at least one paragraph about the image.
Process
You can access the Descriptive Text material here.
Pay attention to the social function, generic structures, and language feature of descriptive text. If you are not satisfied enough with the explanation, you can click this to strengthen your understanding about descriptive text.
When you want to describe something, you might be check this page to see how to describe something with their appearances. After you read the appearances, other thing you need to learn is the use of adjectives. You can check it in here. Those things will help you to create your own descriptive sentences and paragraph.
Evaluation
| Criteria | Need to improve 1 | Regular 2 | Good 3 | Excellent 4 | Score |
| Text focus | There is not a clear focus in the text because students do not understand the topic or the points to be followed. | Students address the topic in an appropriate way, but they sometimes wander off. Students demonstrate limited understanding of the topic. | Students address the topic appropriately and maintain a clear focus. Students show understanding of the text topic. | Students demonstrate full understanding of the topic and develop the text in a way that is clear for the reader's understanding. | 25 |
| Text structure | Students need help to focus on the subject of description. They need some guidelines on what information they should include in each paragraph and on how they can link the qualities about the subject of description. | Students do not introduce what or who is going to be described. They divide the text into paragraphs, but the aspects that are described in each paragraph are not well defined. Qualities are frequently linked by the connector 'and'. Students do not include a concluding part to summarize the text. | Students identify the subject that is going to be described, but only provide few details. The text is divided into paragraphs, each one referring to an aspect about the subject of description. Qualities on what or who is being described are linked by one or two connectors of addition. Students include a concluding part to summarize the text. | Students introduce in detail the subject that they will describe. The text is well divided into paragraphs that refer to different aspects on the subject of description. Several connectors of addition are consistently used to add qualities to the subject of description. Students include a concluding part to summarize the text. | 25 |
| Language: Vocabulary & Grammar | Students do not know what adjectives to use to refer to the subject of description. Sentences are simple and contain many grammar mistakes. | Students use a few appropriate adjectives to refer to the person, animal or object being described. Sentences are simple and, sometimes, they contain grammar mistakes. | Students use some appropriate adjectives to refer to the person, animal or object being described. Sometimes, they include correct complex sentences. | Students use very appropriate and varied adjectives to refer to the person, animal or object being described. There is a great variety of correct complex sentences containing verbs in present simple. | 25 |
| Linguistic Conventions | There are many errors in punctuation, spelling, and capitalization. | The text contains several errors in punctuation, spelling, and/or capitalization | There are a few minor errors in punctuation, spelling, and/or capitalization. | Correct use of punctuation, spelling, and capitalization. | 25 |
| Total score | 100 |
Conclusion
Excellent!
You have followed our instructions and you have finished your lesson . Now, you have new knowledge about the definition, generic structure, and language features of descriptive text and how to create a good descriptive text, so you can create descriptive text easily in the future. Furthermore, you will find it easy when you faced the similar text in the real life. You have learned with the facilitation in this web quest and it will help you to improve your writing skill.
Credits
Teacher Page
Muhammad Firmansyah
English Education Study Program - Universitas Negeri Jakarta
NIM : 2215152652
Ruth Tri Anggi
English Education Study Program - Universitas Negeri Jakarta
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